I am a GRITS Girl (Girls raised in the South). I was born in Alabama and lived there up until May of 2005. I am a mom to four wonderful Children, three girls ages 16, 13, 8 and one boy age 11. I am an only child and my husband is the oldest of eight children. When we got married everyone asked about kids when we were having them and how many. The usual bombardment of questions during the first month of marriage. I knew I wanted more than one and my husband knew we wanted less than 8. So we compromised and had 4 children. I of course had no idea what I was getting my self into. I had no concept of the " she touched me ...No she touched me" . "She is looking at me funny." How did I survive being an only child???:-)